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Song Name: The Banks Of The Don (hi-lo) By: 19th C. Canadian folk song
Posted By: WaltP Difficulty: Any
Key: E Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2011-08-06 14:49:56 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

THE BANKS OF THE DON hi-lo

19th C. Canadian folk song

Key: E

Time: 3/4

 

-4  4    3   -4  4   4

-8  7    6   -8  7   7

On the banks of the Don

 

  -4    5  -4   4   4   4

  -8    8  -8   7   7   7

There’s a dear lit-tle spot

 

4   4    5    6    6   5

7   7    8    9    9   8

A board-ing house prop-er

 

  5    6  -6   6     5   -4

  8    9  -10  9     8   -8

Where you get your meals hot

 

 4   5   6     6    6  6   5

 7   8   9     9    9  9   8

You get fine bread and wa-ter

 

 6   6   -6    6  5  -4

 9   9   -10   9  8  -8

And you won’t pay a cent

 

 4    5  -4  5   4   -3”

 7    8  -8  8   7   -6

Your tax-es are paid for

 

 3    -3”   4   4    4

 6    -6    7   7    7

Your board and your rent